Harrison County Schools

Curriculum Guide for Social Studies

Course Name: ______Grade Level Targeted: 6th Unit (s): _Geography- Two weeks______

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·  What factors do geographers use to define a region?
·  Choose two locations on earth and give an absolute and relative location.
·  Compare and contrast two regions. / SS-06-4.1.1
Students will use a variety of geographic tools (maps, photographs, charts, graphs, databases, satellite images) to interpret patterns and locations on Earth’s surface in the present day. DOK 3
SS-06-4.1.2 Students will describe how different factors (e.g., rivers, mountains, plains) affect where human activities are located in the present day.
SS-06-4.2.1 Students will describe how regions in the present day are made distinctive by human characteristics (e.g., dams, roads, urban centers) and physical characteristics (e.g., mountains, bodies of water, valleys) that create advantages and disadvantages for human activities (e.g., exploration, migration, trade, settlement). DOK 2
SS-06-4.2.2 Students will describe and give examples of how places and regions in the present day change over time as technologies, resources, and knowledge become available. DOK 2
SS-06-4.3.1 Students will describe patterns of human settlement in the present day and explain how these patterns are influenced by human needs. DOK 2 /

Absolute location

Aerial photograph
Aquifer
Cartographer
Cardinal Directions
Globe
Grid
Intermediate direction
Map
Map projections
Mental map
/ ·  Locate and identify various places of local interest, using a map of their home town. This list will include items of specific, economic, social, or historic interest.
·  Describe how the physical features create advantages and disadvantages for human activities.
·  Predict how the human activities change over time.
·  Describe how the patterns of present day have changed over time, as influenced by human environment and interaction.
·  Determine ways that technology has assisted in human modification of the physical environment.
·  Demonstrate how geographic tools are used to find absolute and relative locations. /

Harrison County Schools

Curriculum Guide for Social Studies

Course Name: ______Grade Level Targeted: 6th Unit (s): _Geography (Cont.)- Two weeks______

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/ SS-06-4.4.1
Students will explain how technology in the present day assists human modification (e.g., irrigation, clearing land, building roads) of the physical environment in regions. DOK 2
SS-06-4.4.2
Students will describe ways in which the physical environment (e.g., natural resources, physical geography, natural disasters) both promotes and limits human activities (e.g., exploration, migration, trade, settlement, development) in the present day. DOK 2
SS-06-4.4.3 Students will explain how the natural resources of a place or region impact its political, social, and economic development in the present day.
SS-06-4.4.4 Students will explain how individual and group perspectives impact the use of natural resources (e.g., urban development, recycling) in the present day.
http://www.unc.edu/depts/cl_atlas/
http://plato-dialogues.org/tools/mapindex.htm
http://www.wsu.edu:8000/~dee/GREATLAS.HTM
http://www.wadsworth.com/history_d/templates/student_resources/0534600069_spielvogel/InteractiveMaps/spot_maps/map3_1.html
http://www.wsu.edu:8000/~dee/GREATLAS.HTM
http://www-adm.pdx.edu/user/sinq/greekciv2/war/kenny.html
http://community.middlebury.edu/~harris/Classics/EconomicsinGreece.html
http://www.uoregon.edu/~atlas/europe/static/map02.html / Landforms
Latitude
Longitude
Legend
Physical map
Political map
Relative location
Non-renewable resources
Renewable resource

Physical feature

/ ·  Determine reasons for political boundaries on maps.
·  Identify and compare characteristics of different map projections.
·  Construct graphs showing sources of the earth’s water supply.
·  Predict the connection between cold/water water currents and their effects on temperature and rainfall on the content.
·  Work in groups to identify the five geographic themes, creating charts to share with peers.
·  Create maps that demonstrate physical regions, climate patterns, and available resources.
(maps, photographs, charts, graphs, databases, satellite images)
human characteristics (e.g., dams, roads, urban centers) and physical characteristics (e.g., mountains, bodies of water, valleys) that create advantages and disadvantages for human activities (e.g., exploration, migration, trade, settlement).
human modification (e.g., irrigation, clearing land, building roads) /


Harrison County Schools

Curriculum Guide for Social Studies

Course Name: ______Grade Level Targeted: 6th Unit (s): Culture -Two Weeks______

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·  What defines culture?
·  Choose two aspects of culture from; religion, language, art, literature, and beliefs. Explain how each aspect influences culture. / SS-06-2.1.1
Students will explain how elements of culture (e.g., language, the arts, customs, beliefs, literature) define specific groups in the global world of the present day and may result in unique perspectives.
DOK 2
SS-06-2.2.1 Students will compare how cultures
(present day) develop social institutions (family, religion, education, government, economy) to respond to human needs, structure society, and influence behavior.
SS-06-2.3.1
Students will explain how conflict and competition (e.g., political, economic, religious, ethnic) occur among individuals and groups in the present day. DOK 2
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html
http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egcivile.html
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ANCCHINA/ANCCHINA.HTM / Cultural assimilation
Cultural landscape
Cultural diffusion
Discrimination
Ethnocentrism
Interdependence
Prejudice
Social institutions
Stereotypes / ·  Examine stereotypical traits of middle school culture.
·  Research how social institutions meet the needs of the individual and/or groups in the culture.
·  Define the elements of culture. Then using various resources research how those elements appear in other cultures.
·  Then pair students in groups to determine how the cultures could conflict and compete.
·  Using maps, determine how cultural groups are spread throughout the world.
·  Create a map to demonstrate cultural landscapes.
elements of culture (e.g., language, the arts, customs, beliefs, literature)
conflict and competition (e.g., political, economic, religious, ethnic)

Harrison County Schools

Curriculum Guide for Social Studies

Course Name: ______Grade Level Targeted: 6th Unit (s): Europe- Six Weeks______

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·  How have geographic factors influenced past decisions and events?
·  How can the five themes of geography be used to interpret and evaluate the impact of humans on their environment?
·  How have economic factors impacted societies and governments? / SS-06-4.1.2 Students will describe how different factors (e.g., rivers, mountains, plains) affect where human activities are located in the present day.
SS-06-4.2.1 Students will describe how regions in the present day are made distinctive by human characteristics (e.g., dams, roads, urban centers) and physical characteristics (e.g., mountains, bodies of water, valleys) that create advantages and disadvantages for human activities (e.g., exploration, migration, trade, settlement). DOK 2
SS-06-4.3.2 Students will explain why and give examples of how human populations may change and/or migrate because of factors such as war, famine, disease, economic opportunity, and technology in the present day. DOK 3
SS-06-4.4.3 Students will explain how the natural resources of a place or region impact its political, social, and economic development in the present day.
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Boundaries

Physical geography
Landmarks
Historical figures
Industrial revolution
Major cities
Imperialism
Nationalism
Alliances
Czars / ·  Nystrom Atlas Unit
·  Students create ,using facets of the vocabulary, a crossword puzzle in which the answers identify the region to which they belong.
·  Student develop and illustrate time lines for assigned regions.
·  Students assigned various regions define /develop a “new” business that is appropriate to their region.
·  Students create physical maps demonstrating climate, resources, and/or demographics.
human characteristics (e.g., dams, roads, urban centers)
physical characteristics (e.g., mountains, bodies of water, valleys)
human activities (e.g., exploration, migration, trade, settlement). /

Harrison County Schools

Curriculum Guide for Social Studies

Course Name: ______Grade Level Targeted: 6th Unit (s): Europe- Weeks______

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·  What role does the government play in each of these countries/geographic areas?
·  How can man benefit from developing a greater appreciation of these countries/ geographic areas? / SS-06-1.1.1
Students will compare purposes and sources of power in the most common forms of government (monarchy, democracy, republic, dictatorship) in the present day. DOK 2
SS-06-2.2.1 Students will compare how cultures
(present day) develop social institutions (family, religion, education, government, economy) to respond to human needs, structure society, and influence behavior.
(Visual Arts) SS-06-2.4.1 Students will analyze and explain how diverse cultures and time periods will affect visual arts. DOK 2
SS-06-3.1.1 Students will explain and give examples of how scarcity requires individuals, groups, and governments in the present day to make decisions about how productive resources (natural resources, human resources and capital goods) are used. DOK 2 /

Communism

Scientific revolution
Urbanization/rural
Culture centers
Ethnic groups
Architecture
Trade
Religion
Representative democracy

Values/traditions

/ ·  Students will describe/compare the function of parliamentary democracy, imperialism, and monarchy.
·  Students will contrast an ancient artifact and an art form from a different time period.
·  Using available resources, students will compare current natural resource availability with political struggles.
·  The Euro and the European Economic Union will be researched and information will be shared with the class.
forms of government (monarchy, democracy, republic, dictatorship)
e.g., purposes for creating art, folk art)
e.g., how line, color, pattern, etc. are used in artworks), media in relation to these cultures (e.g., wood, fiber)
(The influence of Europe was very strong in the colonies due to the movement of settlers from Europe to America.) /

Harrison County Schools

Curriculum Guide for Social Studies

Course Name: ______Grade Level Targeted: 6th Unit (s): Europe- Weeks______

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/ SS-06-3.2.1
Students will compare present day economic systems (traditional, command, market, mixed). DOK 2
SS-06-3.3.1 Students will explain how in present day market economies, the prices of goods and services are determined by supply and demand. DOK 2
SS-06-3.3.2 Students will explain how money (unit of account) can be used to express the market value of goods and services and how money makes it easier to trade, borrow, invest, and save in the present day.
SS-06-3.4.3 Students will explain how international economic activities are interdependent in the present day. DOK 2
/ / economic systems (traditional, command, market, mixed).
money (unit of account) /


Harrison County Schools

Curriculum Guide for Social Studies

Course Name: ______Grade Level Targeted: 6th Unit (s): Middle East- 5 Weeks______

Essential Questions
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·  How have geographic factors influenced past decisions and events?
·  How can the five themes of geography be used to interpret and evaluate the impact of humans on their environment?
·  How have economic factors impacted societies and governments?
·  What role does the government play in each of these countries/geographic areas?
·  How can man benefit from developing a greater appreciation of these countries/geographic areas? / SS-06-1.1.1
Students will compare purposes and sources of power in the most common forms of government (monarchy, democracy, republic, dictatorship) in the present day. DOK 2
SS-06-2.2.1 Students will compare how cultures
(present day) develop social institutions (family, religion, education, government, economy) to respond to human needs, structure society, and influence behavior.
(Visual Arts) SS-06-2.4.1 Students will analyze and explain how diverse cultures and time periods will affect visual arts. DOK 2
SS-06-3.1.1 Students will explain and give examples of how scarcity requires individuals, groups, and governments in the present day to make decisions about how productive resources (natural resources, human resources and capital goods) are used. DOK 2
SS-06-3.2.1
Students will compare present day economic systems (traditional, command, market, mixed). DOK 2
SS-06-3.3.1 Students will explain how in present day market economies, the prices of goods and services are determined by supply and demand. DOK 2 /

Architecture

Boundaries
Physical geography
Landmarks
Religion
Major cities
Cultural centers
Trade
Ethnic groups
Values
Traditions / ·  Nystrom Atlas Unit
·  Compare/contrast the role of women in the United States with the role of women in Arabia.
·  Students, after creating a mosaic, will analyze the differences between this an art from the previous unit.
·  Explain Israeli land use. After research, students will illustrate and explain how the Israeli’s have used technology to create more arable land.
·  Students will create a population density map of the Middle East and explain why the population exists in that location.
·  Students will learn of the factors contributing to population dispersion (e.g. war, religious conflict, reoccupation of the nation of Israel of lands claimed by the Palestineans).
forms of government (monarchy, democracy, republic, dictatorship) /

Harrison County Schools

Curriculum Guide for Social Studies

Course Name: ______Grade Level Targeted: 6th Unit (s): Middle East- Weeks______

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/ SS-06-3.3.2 Students will explain how money (unit of account) can be used to express the market value of goods and services and how money makes it easier to trade, borrow, invest, and save in the present day.
SS-06-3.4.3 Students will explain how international economic activities are interdependent in the present day.
DOK 2
SS-06-4.1.2 Students will describe how different factors (e.g., rivers, mountains, plains) affect where human activities are located in the present day.
SS-06-4.2.1 Students will describe how regions in the present day are made distinctive by human characteristics (e.g., dams, roads, urban centers) and physical characteristics (e.g., mountains, bodies of water, valleys) that create advantages and disadvantages for human activities (e.g., exploration, migration, trade, settlement). DOK 2 /

Cultural diversity

Cultural diffusion
Economics
Climate
Natural resources /

Harrison County Schools

Curriculum Guide for Social Studies

Course Name: ______Grade Level Targeted: 6th Unit (s): Middle East- Weeks______

Essential Questions
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/ SS-06-4.3.2 Students will explain why and give examples of how human populations may change and/or migrate because of factors such as war, famine, disease, economic opportunity, and technology in the present day. DOK 3
SS-06-4.4.3 Students will explain how the natural resources of a place or region impact its political, social, and economic development in the present day.
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